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Gadobutrol 1 mmol/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at UPMC Presbyterian

200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$10.80

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$18.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.17 with UPMC Health Plan vs $15.30 with InterGroup — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $0.17 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.28 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.28 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $0.28 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $0.28 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.34 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $1.22 ↓ -89%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $3.24 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3.82 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3.93 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare $4.50 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $5.12 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $5.26 ↓ -51%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.88 ↓ -46%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $6.84 ↓ -37%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $9.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $10.23 ↓ -5%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $11.70 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $12.60 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $13.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $13.50 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $14.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $14.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $14.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $14.40 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $15.30 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $15.30 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $15.30 ↑ +42%

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Gadobutrol 1 mmol/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4.80 $0.17 – $7.20
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $7.20 $0.17 – $10.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2.40 $0.28 – $3.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $4.80 $0.28 – $6.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2.40 $0.28 – $3.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2.40 $0.28 – $3.60

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